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CATEGORY: Index in the Press
Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab’s trial postponed for fifth time (The New Arab)
Bahrain human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who is facing 15 years in jail for posting tweets "criticising" the government and "insulting" Saudi...
A free press must not be bullied by the state (The Times)
Karen Bradley is not the woman off The Apprentice but probably wishes that she was. Instead of swanning about on telly looking theatrically...
Stop press! Here’s a ten-point plan for regulating the news industry (The Conversation)
Producing good journalism is not an easy task. Those who do it well are adept in communicating with clarity, precision, and understanding. But it...
Impress? Ipso? Thankfully, there’s a better idea (The Guardian)
Karen Bradley, our newish secretary for culture, media and sport, has an infernal December dilemma to solve. No, not the relatively simple business...
Theresa May urged to raise human rights concerns on Gulf visit (Guardian)
Theresa May has been urged to confirm she will put human rights reform on her agenda when she meets Saudi and Bahraini leaders on Tuesday, after...
IWPR Contributor Nominated for Prestigious Freedom of Expression Award (IWPR)
One of IWPR’s long-term contributors from Kazakstan, Gaziza Baituova, has been nominated for the Index on Censorship Journalism Award 2017. Read the...
Sports journalist jailed for three months in Bahrain over a tweet (Guardian)
A Bahraini criminal court has sentenced a sports journalist to three months in prison for a tweet that allegedly defamed the Sunni sect of Islam....
Index on Censorship зафіксував посилення глобального тиску на журналістів (Media Sapiens)
Організація Index on Censorship відзначила посилення ворожого ставлення по відношенню до ЗМІ по всьому світу. Поширення подібних настроїв призводить...
Svenska politikers syn på Vilks är deprimerande (Dagens Nyheter)
Våra friheter är under hård press. En sammanställning av Index on Censorship beskriver 2016 som ett år av angrepp mot både enskilda journalister och...
How music can fight against censorship (Monocle Radio 24)
We discuss the situation in Aleppo, the re-emergence of populism in the West, how music can fight against censorship, and the luxuries and private...
Digital Economy Bill enters report stage and third reading – experts attack data sharing provision (Computer Business Review)
A group of data experts have attacked the provisions for data sharing in the UK digital economy bill ahead of its report stage and third reading in...
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